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Medicinal mushroom extracts have shown promise as anti-cancer agents. There is a long history in China and Japan of using water extracts of certain mushrooms for their medicinal effects. There are 270 varieties of mushrooms that show medicinal value. Mushroom species such as shiitake (Lentinus edodes), maitake (Grifola frondosa), Hericium erinaceus, Flammulina velutipes, Pleurotus ostreatus, […]